A summary and brief comment by me on today's judgment in For Women Scotland (No 3) The Court adopts an interpretation of the relevant legislation which prohibits, in all circumstances, trans women from being housed in the women's prison estate. administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/f...

The Inner House has overturned the Lord Ordinary's decision to issue a declaration of incompatibility in relation to section 170 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/cswhuc...

On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights will hand down its judgment in Kiguradze v Georgia, which may have implications for the operation of Parliamentary privilege in the UK.

The Court of Appeal upholds the UK's ban on Palestine Action. ALAN GREENE, DANIELLA LOCK & COLIN MURRAY argue that the margin of appreciation granted to the Home Secretary leaves judicial oversight with little more than nominal force. verfassungsblog.de/palestine-ac...

Sex Matters are in luck, as their case is being heard by Linden J, who came to the absurd conclusion last year that police involvement in Pride events is unlawful because they promote “gender ideology” dflw.ie/policing-pri...

Bizarrely, there is someone on twitter who is crowdfunding the development of a homemade sex testing kit which, we are told, should be used on school kids. Predictably, prominent gender critical lawyers, who insist that trans people are the real threat, follow and interact with her regularly 🤯

Seven judges have just been promoted to sit in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, including four prominent administrative law judges www.judiciary.uk/appointments... Of note, Martin Chamberlain will be the youngest judge on the Court by some margin (he is 52, and can sit until 2048).

Conor McCormick: Monitoring the Judiciary ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/08/c...

When does a duty to consult arise in public law? administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/w...

The claimants in the private school fees VAT challenge have been granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. I think this is pretty surprising - the claim is substantively very weak, and it involves no novel legal points. www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

Can I add, respectfully, a fifth point to @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social's four. What struck me was the stark contrast between how the Supreme Court presented its decision - as being good for disabled people - and how Charities for those people understood it - as being very bad indeed for them.

In this post I explain the Supreme Court's recent decision overturning Cheshire West, what this now means for understanding what a deprivation of liberty looks like, and offer some brief comments on the reasoning and implications of the judgment administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/w...

“Remember that all models are wrong; the practical question is how wrong they have to be to not be useful.” Usually treated as a technical question, in my new article in the Modern Law Review, I argue it is also a legal one. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

What is a “deprivation of liberty” under Article 5 ECHR? Should Cheshire West be overruled? The Supreme Court should tell us in about half an hour… supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...

A v good post from @finishedloading.bsky.social on a case handed down by the Court of Appeal last week, which seems to suggest that mandatory orders should not be granted where statutory "powers", rather than "duties", are breached. For reasons Gabriel gives, I think that distinction is untenable.

Lord Stephens will retire from the UKSC in April 2027 supremecourt.uk/news/lord-st...

It’s been depressing seeing seemingly reasonable people accelerate from “let’s think about inclusion in sports” to spending all day on the internet insisting that all trans women are predators Even more depressing to see polite society just nod along as if the two were the same thing.

Thanks so much to @doubleaspect.blog for this really thoughtful reflection on my forthcoming s3 HRA piece. One day I might even convince him that s3 isn’t so bad after all ;)

I need to properly read and reflect on the EHRC Code, but on a quick glance: (1) yuck (2) it is really unpleasant how much some gender critical people are absolutely *revelling* in the fact that trans people feel terrified because of this (whatever the Code will mean in practice).

Some thoughts on a recent High Court judgment concerning sanctions, and on Saini J's various thoughts on administrative law doctrine administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/21/c...

New post Ismailov v Foreign Secretary: Constitutional revisionism and the principle of legality publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/19/i...

The list of unsuccessful Article 14 ECHR challenges post-SC continues: www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKU... “I find it impossible to say that these objectives set out above fall outside the wide margin of discretion allowed to national governments in this field.”

My take on the UKSC's Dillon judgment - it is a combination of regressive and dubious reasoning. It radically reduces the range of cases in which Art 2 is applicable, in reasoning which flies in the face of the UK Government's promises over the provision: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/14/c...

An Employment Tribunal has ruled that allowing trans women access to women’s toilets has the potential to be indirectly discriminatory. The decision sets no formal precedent, and can - and should - be appealed. But it is an important decision, however retrogressive drive.google.com/file/d/1DSLD...

I'm looking forward to reading this Cheat Sheet of how the UKSC will decide constitutional cases over the next decade: Lord Sales, "Constitutional Agency" (forthcoming 2026) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The Privy Council has recently invited judges from other jurisdictions to sit. Interestingly, in this case one of those judges (Sir Anthony Smellie of the Cayman Islands) has dissented against the Board’s findings. He would have upheld the decision of the lower court: jcpc.uk/uploads/jcpc...

For ICON-S Dublin attendees this year, there will be a roundtable on my book, Judicial Individuality on the UKSC, at 2:30pm on Day 1 of the event (29 June). Join me, @aoifemod.bsky.social, @colinmurray.bsky.social and @anuragdeb.bsky.social for a discussion on judicial behaviour on the UKSC

Nope. I’m firmly of the belief that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza AND that there are serious questions to be asked about the attendees at today’s march. But this whole post is nakedly antisemitic. We on the left need to call this shit out.

Manchester MenReg and the EHRLR are jointly hosting a webinar, "Reflections on Dillon", on the UKSC's Dillon judgment, on 14 May at 1pm. We will have expert commentary from Prof Colin Murray, Dr Eleni Frantziou and Samuel Willis. All are welcome to join. teams.microsoft.com/meet/3787814...

BAILII has announced this year's Henry Brooke Lecture, to take place on 9 July 2026 in London and online. Lady Wise will speak on "The 21st Century Judge: privileges, pitfalls, and potential" and places can be booked here: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

Ironic that Seb Payne of all people is lecturing us on electoral relevance

An update - on 6 May, he Supreme Court (Reed, Burrows, Simler) refused the claimant PTA.

Policy Exchange’s reveal of “Project 2029” policyexchange.org.uk/project-2029... An ominous title, followed by the usual talking points (reform judicial review! repeal the HRA! withdraw from all the treaties!) but a new face - a certain former EHRC Chair…

Over on X, Kemi Badenoch is arguing that the Shadow AG "acted pro bono for veterans and won" in the Dillon appeal. That is not true. Lord Wolfson acted for Northern Ireland Veterans Movement, which made specific submissions relating to Article 2 ECHR which were rejected by the Court.

Dillon is out. The UKSC allows the government's arguments on all grounds. No direct effect, no diminution, no breaches. A real scorched earth approach to the WF. Yikes.

Manchester MenReg and the EHRLR are jointly hosting a webinar, "Reflections on Dillon", on the UKSC's Dillon judgment, on 14 May at 1pm. We will have expert commentary from Prof Colin Murray, Dr Eleni Frantziou and Samuel Willis. All are welcome to join. teams.microsoft.com/meet/3787814...

Lewis Graham: Judicial Ideology and Supreme Court Appointments ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/05/06/l...

Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in Yasak v Turkiye. The Court considered whether the applicant's conviction for being a member of a proscribed terrorist organisation breached the Convention. hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-250157 1/5

Rationality and Administrative Delay administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/r...

Great to receive this in the post over the weekend! (I have a short chapter in it on Lord Hope’s diaries)

New blog from me and Marion Sandner for Strasbourg Observers on the recent ECtHR case of DA and RA v United Kingdom. One day I will publish something which doesn't feature a dig at the UKSC's decision in SC, but today is not that day... strasbourgobservers.com/2026/05/01/d...

Snowden LJ is the latest judge to be promoted to the UK Supreme Court. He will replace Lord Richards in June supremecourt.uk/news/lord-ju...

🚨 The UKSC’s Dillon judgment is coming next Thursday (7 May) 🚨

This is a weird one. Campanale was deselected because his beliefs did not align with Lib Dem policies. Why is that a bad thing? Political parties SHOULD be able to select (and deselect) candidates based on their political beliefs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

No particular order(?!) Unchained Melody, various Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles Inner City Blues, Marvin Gaye Vitamin C, Can Aftermath, Tricky Da Art of Storytelling pt2, Outkast Pyramid Song, Radiohead Teeth Like Gods Shoeshine, Modest Mouse The Glow pt2, Microphones Hive, Earl Sweatshirt/ V Staples

Moore's position appears to be "I don't care if the guy is a rapist, so long as he annoys the right people". Many such cases!

Good post by @finishedloading.bsky.social on our Admin Court Blog on what the ECHR “in accordance with law” requirement means in practice, in the context of a JR against the Met’s use of facial recognition technology

I am not involved in this but my colleagues at Manchester have organised a great conference on the Future of Constitutional Reform taking place at UOM on 20-21 May Details and programme here: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/03/20/c...

For what it’s worth, here is Akua Reindorf KC, formerly of the EHRC, telling us how the GRA 2004 has “almost no legal significance” following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland